DIPLOMACY

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PM Modi gifts ‘Muga,’ ‘Shirui Lily’ silk stoles to Giorgia Meloni, highlights India’s rich textile traditions

New Delhi, May 21 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented specially curated Indian cultural gifts to Italian Prime...
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BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT), RJD welcome India’s decision to bring back diplomats’ families from Bangladesh

New Delhi, Jan 21: As India decided to withdraw the families and dependents of Indian officials posted in...
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Taliban keeps China on tenterhooks over lithium mining contracts in Afghanistan

New Delhi, July 24: The frenzied exit of US troops in 2021 brought the Chinese rushing in to...
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Huge relief for spouses of H1B workers, Biden nixes Trump plan to kill H4 work permits

NEW YORK: "Withdrawn". A single word on a thick bureaucratic file on the seventh day of the Biden administration...
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Blinken indicates US to continue backing India against China incursions

NEW YORK: Anthony Blinken, who is President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the secretary of state has indicated that...
Covid-19

UK bans arrivals from South American countries, Portugal

LONDON: The UK government has announced its decision to ban arrivals from more than a dozen South American countries,...
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New Mexico declares state of emergency due to riot threat

SANTA FE:Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of the US state of New Mexico, has declared a state of emergency...
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Donald Trump impeached for the second time

NEW YORK: Another day for the history books as exactly a week after a pro-Trump mob stormed the...
Covid-19

‘WHO-led COVAX initiative secures contracts of 2bn COVID-19 vaccine doses’

GENEVA: COVAX, an international initiative for Covid-19 vaccines led by the World Health Organization (WHO), has secured contracts...
Covid-19

‘China ready to work with WHO Covid-19 probe team’

BEIJING: China is ready to receive a World Health Organization (WHO) expert team which would conduct investigations into...
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Tripartite move to support int’l peace conference on Palestinian issue

RAMALLAH: A senior official said that there is a joint Palestinian-Egyptian-Jordanian move to support holding an international peace...
Covid-19

Spl variant: Too early to impose travel ban, says Covid task force member

NEW DELHI: The discovery of a new and more potent strain of SARS-CoV-2 found in parts of Europe...
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Khalistan is Pak project, threat to national security: Canadian report

NEW DELHI/OTTAWA: In an eye-opening report, Terry Milewski, one of Canada's veteran journalists, has warned that the Khalistan project...
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SL endorsed as Vice Chair of Indian Ocean Rim Association

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has been endorsed as the Vice Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of...
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Indian Foreign Secretary arrives in Kathmandu for 2-day visit

KATHMANDU: In a bid to repair ties with Nepal that have hit all time low following the boundary dispute,...
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India calls Pak ‘dossier’ to UN ‘pack of lies with no takers’

UNITED NATIONS: India's UN Mission has dismissed as "a pack of lies with no takers" the dossier that...
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Xi finally congratulates Biden on victory

WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday became the latest world leader to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden. "Promoting...
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India-US relationship runs deep: Kamala Harris’ uncle

CHENNAI: The India-US relationship runs very deep and it doesn't matter who becomes next the President of the United...
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Nirav Modi faces another setback as UK judge rules in India’s favour

LONDON: Fugitive diamond merchant, Nirav Modi, faced another setback as a UK judge on ruled in the government of...
Covid-19

Prince William kept Covid-19 diagnosis a secret

LONDON: The UK's Prince William had contracted the novel coronavirus in April, just days after his father Prince Charles...
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Keralite Priyanca Radhakrishnan sworn in as NZ Minister

THIRUVANTHAPURAM: Keralite Priyanca Radhakrishnan on Monday became the first Indian to be sworn in as a Minister in New...
Covid-19

Covid-19 remains public health emergency of int’l concern: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee on Covid-19 has unanimously agreed that the ongoing global pandemic still...
Covid-19

Pak issues new air travel advisory

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued a new travel advisory, under which it has reduced the number...
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Indian expats can now give UAE local address in passports

DUBAI: Indian expats living in the UAE can now provide their local address abroad to be added in their...